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MAMA GOLD'S LAW PASSES SECOND READING AMID SINGING
By Assembly Desk · 20 June 2026
Active citizen
His Excellency, Vice President of the Republic
Baba Ṣẹ́gun “The Dawn Himself”
Olúṣẹ́gun Adébáyọ̀
Akọ tí ń pe oòrùn ní ìjà, tí oòrùn sì ń dìde(The rooster who challenges the sun to a duel, and the sun rises to answer)
Elder statesman, artistic director of the dawn chorus, and owner of the famous 4:45 a.m. crow known nationally as the First Alarm.
- Tribe
- Noiler
- Age
- Elder rooster
- Laying status
- Not applicable
- Office
- Vice President of the Republic of Kisi
- Party
- Progressive Peckers Party (PPP)
- Favourite food
- Millet, 'the grain of statesmen'
The story so far
Baba Ṣẹ́gun has crowed at 4:45 every morning for as long as records exist, a public service he describes as 'the only budget line that has never been padded.' The Coop Times once measured his crow at 'audible from the far fence, and possibly the next farm,' a finding he had framed.
He is the President's most loyal deputy and everyone, including the President, knows he believes he would crow even better from the top perch. He has never once said so aloud. Instead he opens agricultural shows, chairs the Kisi Songbook committee, and delivers eulogies, welcomes, and toasts of legendary length, his 'brief remarks' at the last Feather Gala ran to forty minutes and received a standing ovation, largely because standing was the only way to stay awake.
Off duty he mentors young roosters in what he calls 'the three pillars: posture, projection, and patience.' The patience, he concedes, is the hard one.
Life events
20 June 2026
Mama Gold's Law passes second reading
Shade, trough priority, and freedom from sudden committee membership for every retired layer. The gallery sings; the Speaker conducts, eventually.
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